CHAPTER FIFTEEN 



Some Conclusive Comparisons 



THROUGHOUT this book I have emphasized 

 the profit and cost side of part-time farming, not 

 because I believe it the only important advantage 

 of country living, but because of all those it en- 

 joys over the city this is the one of which I find 

 people universally skeptical. They are hard to con- 

 vince that a better living can be had for less ex- 

 pense in the country than in the city. They will 

 agree about everything else; it is not even uncom- 

 mon for women to concede country life need not 

 be hard and dreary. But when it comes to show- 

 ing them that the cost is less, even those most 

 anxious to believe will hesitate. At the risk of 

 tedium I am going to enlarge that side of the pic- 

 ture a little more. Whereas in the beginning I 

 showed the costs of Medlock Farm, now I am going 

 to show some comparisons. 



The first is within the farm itself. There is a 

 profound difference between the record of per- 

 formance and the potentialities of the place. I have 

 said that this is a growing farm. With the same 

 plant and equipment we will produce larger yields 



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